Legal Opinion
Shaffield v. Northrop Worldwide Aircraft Services, Inc.
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided March 21, 1974No. Civ. A. 1310-SPublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHNSON, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff is a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church and, as such, believes that his religion prohibits his working between sundown on Friday and sundown on Saturday, except in situations involving emergency to life or property. Plaintiff was employed as a helicopter mechanic by defendant Northrop Worldwide Aircraft Services, Inc., and by its corporate predecessor in the activity of aircraft maintenance and repair at Fort Rucker, Alabama. Plaintiff was so employed from 1966 to 1972, when he was fired for the stated reasons of leaving work without…
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